Curtain bracket



Nov. 17, 1925. 1,561,617

E. L. RENZENBRINK CURTAIN BRAcx'r- Filed Sept. 28, 1923 x k I gan/vento@ E @Ue/IMM -Patentecl Nov. 17, 1925.

UNITED STATES EDWARLT.) L. RENZENBHINK, 0F CANTGN, OHIO.

CURTAIN BRACKET.

Application led September To @ZZ wlw/nt t may concer/n.'

e it known that I, Enum-inn L. BRINK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements .in Curt-ain Brackets, of which the following' is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined curtain rod and shade roller bracket, and has for its objects provision of a bracket having oppositely disposed arms, one of said arms carrying a shade roller fixture, the other arm having' a support for a curtain rod; the bracket being preferably adjustably mounted upon a guide plate connected to the window frame; the curtain rod support comprising an inclined ovate plate; the shade roller fixture being so shaped as to permit the edge of the shade to roll out beyond the end of the shade roller without engaging the iixture.

rl'he above and other objects may be attained by constructing the bracket in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawing', in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the bracket showing double curtain rods and a shade roller supported thereby;

rig. 2, an enlarged plan section of the bracket;

Fig. 3, and

Fig'. t, a perspective view of the bracket provided with a slightly different form of guide plate.

Similar numerals refer to throughout the drawing.

The device preferably includes a` longitudinal plate 1 having the central, longitudinally disposed, guide slot 2 therein and provided with the angular attaching portion 3 or 3a arranged to be connected to the upper portion of the window frame 4 as by the screws 5 or 5a.

The bracket proper comprises the tubular stem 6 provided at its outer end with the oppositely disposed arms 7 and 8, and at its inner end with the arm 9 having the inturned lug 10 extended into the slot 2 of the guide plate.

A clamping screw 11 is located through the tubular stem and slot 2, the head 12 thereof engaging the inner side of the guide plate and a wing nut 13 being provided upon the outer threaded end of the screw andl ara section on the line 3-3, Fig. 1;

similar parts `smaller diameter than said 28, 1923. Serial No. 565,325.

ranged to engage the outer end of the bracket to clamp the same firmly in `any desired position upon the guide plate.

Each of the inwardly disposed arms 8 of the bracket is provided at its extremity with a socket 1d for the reception of the adjacent pintle of the shade roller 15 and each of the outwardly disposed arms 7 is provided at its end with an integral ovate plate 16 which is inclined outward and rearward as shown in Fig, 3, the smaller end thereof being' preferably down as shown in this figure.

While this particular shape of the plate 16 is preferred, it will be understood that the invention may be accomplished with the use of an elliptical plate located in substantially the same position.

The curtain rod indicated generally at 17, is a flat rod of well known construction, the upper' and lower edges being turned over as at 18, forming channels to receive the elliptical plate 16.

In attaching the rod to the bracket, the end of the rod is tilted downward at substantially the same angle as the major axis of the plate 16, and engaged over the edges of the plate as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, the rod being then lowered to horizontal position, as shown in full lines in said figure, the upper and lower channels upon the rod frictionally engaging the plate 16 near each end thereof, `frictionally holding the rod in this position.

In case where it is desired to use two curtain rods, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a second bracket 6, similar to the bracket above described in every detail, with the exception of the arm 8 and shade roller fixture, is connected to the guide plate 1., in the manner above described, near the outer end thereof, and the curtain rod 17a is connected to the elliptical plate thereof.

It will be seen that the arms 8 which carry the shade roller fixtures are axially aligned with the shade roller and of" considerably roller.

ith this construction, it will be seen that in the event the shade is accidentally rolled unevenly upon the roller, causing one side 4edge thereof to project beyond the end of the roller, there will be no danger of this edge of the curtain contacting with the xture and becoming damaged, this being a fre? quent occurrence with shade roller fixtures of the usual type,

claim l. A bracket of the character described, including a Stein, an angular arm upo Stein and a rearwardly and downwardly inclined, elliptical plate upon the arin arranged to be received in the end ot a channel shaped curtain rod.

2. A bracket of the character described,

' including a stern, an angular arm upon the 10 stern and a rearwardly and downwardly i Aclined, ovate plate upon the arm arranged to be received in the end of a channel shaped curtain rod.

3. A bracket of the character described, including a slotted guide plate, a tubular stem provided With a radial arin having a lug,` extended into the slot of the guide plate, a curtain rod support upon the tubular stein and a clampingbolt extended through the slotted guide plate and tubular stein ter adjustably clamping the stein upon the guide plate.

ln testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my naine.

EDVARD L. RENZENBRINK. 

